Commute with Bazingadog.
Met the lady with 2 unfriendly dogs who was friendly this time. She warned me of hunting setups in the Wheelie woods. We rarely venture there this time of year, and when we do man and beast wear high-vis.
Strength (Core) 20:00 [3]
Hard Core class with Caron. My healed ribs hurt a bit on one nasty exercise. I missed a lot of core work due to the ribs in summer.
Easy commute with the big guy. Ran into K/O, 2 squirrels and 3 deer so the pooch was a bit of a handful at times. He's been very sedate for the most part as Mocha's not feeling so well.
Running2:05:10 18.0 km (6:57 / km) +496m6:07 / km shoes: Salomon FellCross
Peak 2 Peak
Nice time running with first-timer BGY. We were with the 2 leaders heading to the first control, but found the pace and traffic too confusing to follow the map so we cut across to a different trail where we could work on nav by ourselves. BGY did great, and we didn't just hammer along with me on the map but took our time to reorient and both be in contact. No big mistakes, despite navigating more or less by ourselves. Near the end we were running out of time and had to choose btw 75 point Vertigo and an on-time return or the harder 150pt Bullseye and a hammerfest/ late return. Of course BGY insisted we do the tough one, and we hauled back about 5 min overtime.
BGY loved the big climbs, steep descents and river crossings.
Kudos to the Griz and Bob on cleaning the course.
Johhny Blonde truck looked good but no veg options, but this close to Domestique it was a no-brainer!